Subj : The Zone was: Today in Hi
To   : DAVE DRUM
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Aug 11 2023 07:48 am

>  > Me, I sell car parts at AutoZone amd cuss the kiddies at the home office
>  > who constantly futz with the OS (in Linux) the we use on the terminals
>  > at the counter. I really hate it when I try to access something that
>  > used to was easy to get to and has been buried under layers of menus
>  > and steps. Or hidden entirely and must be accessed by opening another
>  > program - like the catalogs for lawnmowers/garden tractors aor ATVs
>  > and motorcycles/scooters or the Heavy Truck stuff.

>  MP> If AutoZone sells any of those "fart pipe" tailpipes, I hope you are
>  MP> not selling them to the kiddies who decide it is cool to put one on a
>  MP> Mustang.

> What are you calling a "fart pipe"? I'm not familiar with that usage.

Tailpipes that restrict the flow of exhaust (opposite of a glass pack) and
cause the car to sound like a motorcycle with a very shrill exhaust note.

> We sell glass packs and headers and some "speed shop" stuff. The "speed"
> equipment doesn't move very well. And most of the glass packs are sold as
> replacements for resonators or mufflers that are *expensaive* in direct
> replacement configurations. And catalytic converters? Fuggitaboudit

People just steal those anyway. :)

Mike

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